Whitetails in Utah?
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- Spike
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Whitetails in Utah?
Are they welcome in Utah? Would you like to see them in Utah?
"Built Ford Tough"--well that's just not tough enough.
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
If you see one and its legal season and you have a tag kill it.
They are very agressive breeders and super adaptable animals.
If left unchecked they tend to take over.
They are very agressive breeders and super adaptable animals.
If left unchecked they tend to take over.
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- AntlersOutWest
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
They are here already..
Few years ago the dwr shot a few in the river bottoms. They dont know where they came from and didnt want them to start taking over.. That subject was kept very hush hush. I found out from a dwr officer.
Also a few years earlier I was coon hunting in the same area and jumped a few deer. I noticed one was very odd looking compared to the others. I took a better look just as it jumped away and there was no doubt it was a whitetail..
Few years ago the dwr shot a few in the river bottoms. They dont know where they came from and didnt want them to start taking over.. That subject was kept very hush hush. I found out from a dwr officer.
Also a few years earlier I was coon hunting in the same area and jumped a few deer. I noticed one was very odd looking compared to the others. I took a better look just as it jumped away and there was no doubt it was a whitetail..
Re: Whitetails in Utah?
I have seen them up Center canyon, only two does, but your rite, there heeeere.
when the crow dips, you have luck sometimes maybe.
- sneekeepete
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
This is just my humble opinion but I don't think we need them here. Our Mule deer already have a lot to compete with and the last thing they need is another agressive adaptable cousin. So I vote no for sure.
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
Sneeke, I agree with ya, but I'm afraid its to late. They are here no matter what anyone says. They have been for several years yet not many people have seen them so I have to wonder how "bad" it could get.
when the crow dips, you have luck sometimes maybe.
- Andymansavage
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
I see no problem with it. Look at states out west that have healthy whitetail populations; Colorado, Montana, Wyoming. Notice anything else they have in common? Awesome mule deer herds. They will fill in the geographical gaps where mule deer don't thrive, and although whitetail bucks will breed muley does, they can also overlap territory without much issue.
I say let them come (more then they already are), it just adds to our hunting opportunity. Over development of winter range will kill off our deer long before some little whitetail can.
I say let them come (more then they already are), it just adds to our hunting opportunity. Over development of winter range will kill off our deer long before some little whitetail can.
Re: Whitetails in Utah?
Living in Southern Utah I doubt I'd ever see them, in this habitat. But I would rather not see them anywhere in the state.
- Wasatch Wonder
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
I sure hope the whitetails don't get a good hold in Utah. If they do have to come, I hope they stay out of the mountains and stick to the farmland and valleys in order to leave my mulies alone. I lived on the east coast for several years and always felt like it was a second class hunt going after the whitetails, or as I called them, overgrown rodents.
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Re: Whitetails in Utah?
The two that I have seen are in your back yard. Maybe three miles East of Heber. Also I have killed one in Idaho. Small antlered 4 point. He was maybe 2 1/2, anyways, he was 150 lbs dressed. Big bodies on them in the west.Wasatch Wonder wrote:I sure hope the whitetails don't get a good hold in Utah. If they do have to come, I hope they stay out of the mountains and stick to the farmland and valleys in order to leave my mulies alone. I live on the east coast for several years and always felt like it was a second class hunt going after the whitetails, or as I called them, overgrown rodents.
My 2 cents, I hate to see them here.
when the crow dips, you have luck sometimes maybe.